820 



MYRTACEiE. XIV. Eucalyptus. 



lines broad. Petioles and peduncles 3-4 lines long. Perhaps Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Lam. ill. t. 422. Salisb. par. 



the same as E. salicifolia, Cav. icon. 4. p. 376. 

 Privet'like Eucalyptus. Tree^ 



lond. 15. Smith, nov. holl. 13. Leaves 6-7 inches long, and 

 2 inches broad. Petioles and peduncles an inch long. 



06%we-leaved Eucalyptus. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Tr. 



25 E. amygda'lina (Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 14. t. 154.) lid 



hemispherical, nearly mutic, shorter than the cup ; peduncles 100 ft. 

 axillary and lateral, nearly terete, length of the petioles; umbels 32 E. corymb^sa (Smith in Lin. trans. 3. p. 287. nov. holl. 



6-8-flowered, nearly capitate ; leaves linear-lanceolate, atten- p. 43.) operculum hemispherical, mucronate, shorter than the 



uated at the base, and acuminately mucronate at the apex. 

 G. Native of Van Dieman*s Land. Metrosideros sallc 



^ 



cup ; peduncles angular, disposed in a terminal corymb ; leaves 

 lanceolate, equally attenuated at the base, coriaceous. J^ • G. 



seen. 



Gaertn. fr. 1. p. 171. t. 24. f. 3. a. but not b. E. globularis, Native of New Holland. Cav. icon. t. 340. Fruit turbinate. 

 Hort. Leaves 3 inches long, and 3 lines broad, some uneqvial Petioles half an inch long. Leaves 4 inches long, and one broad. 

 at the base, and some equal. Petioles and peduncles 3 lines Veins feathered, hardly evident. The E. corymbosa of the gar- 

 long. Fruit globose, size of a grain of pepper. dens is probably distinct from this, but the flowers have not been 



Almond-like Eucalyptus. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



26 E. AMBiGUA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 219.) lid hemispheri- 

 cal, mucronulate, shorter than the cupula ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, compressed, length of the petioles ; umbels capitate, 8-9- mucronate, shorter than the cup, which is angular ; peduncles 

 flowered ; leaves lanceolate, rather coriaceous, unequally atten- angular, lower ones axillary, the rest disposed in a terminal 

 uated at the base, and acuminately mucronate at the apex. Tj 

 G. Native of New Holland. 



Corymhose-^ov^eredi Eucalyptus. Clt. 1788. Tree. 



33 E. panicula'ta (Smith, 1. c.) operculum hemispherical, 



panicle ; leaves lanceolate, equally attenuated at the base, co- 

 riaceous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Fruit turbinate, 



amygddlina, but the fruit is nearly globose, and twice the size. angular. Leaves 3 inches long, and 5-6 lines broad. Petioles 



^ " . - - -- . Leaves 2-3 inches 5 hnes long. 



Allied to E* ligustrina and E. 



Petioles and peduncles 2-3 lines long. 



long, and 6-12 lines broad, stiffish ; lateral veins hardly evi- 

 dent. 



Ambiguous Eucalyptus. Tree. 



Panicled-Roweved Eucalyptus. Clt. 1804. Tree. 



34 E. GNEORiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 220.) lid of calyx 



hemispherical, nearly mutic, shorter than the cupula, which is 



27 E. Lindleya'na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 219.) operculum turbinate; peduncles nearly terete, axillary, length of the pe- 

 hemispherical, nearly mutic ; peduncles nearly terete ; flowers tioles ; flowers 5-7 in a head ; leaves linear-lanceolate or oblong- 

 3-5 in an umbel ; leaves linear-lanceolate, some petiolate and lanceolate, unequally attenuated at the base, coriaceous. ^ . G. 

 cuneated at the base, others sessile and obtuse at the base. ^ . Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Alabastrum with 

 G. Native of New Holland. E. longifolia, Lindl. bot. reg. the lid or operculum about 4 lines long, obtuse. Flowers sessile on 



t. 947. the tops of the peduncles. Petioles 4 lines long. Leaves 2 inches 



Lindleys Eucalyptus. Fl. June. Tree. long, and 6 lines broad. The middle nerve is only prominent 



28 E. BOTRYoiDEs (Smith in Lin. trans. 3. p. 286.) lid of calyx or even evident- 



hemispherical, rather mucronate, shorter than the cupula ; pe- 

 duncles lateral, compressed, 4-6-flowered, capitate ; leaves 



lanceolate, oblique, ^2 



Native of New Holland. E. platy- 



podos, Cav. icon. 4. p. 23. t. 341. Fruit turbinate, ex Smith, 

 but cylindrical according t6 Cav. 



BotryS'Ulce Eucalyptus. Fl. Apr. July. Clt- 1803. Tree. equally attenuated at the base, coriaceous. Tj . G. 



Widow -rv ale -leaved Eucalyptus. Tree. 



35 E. OBTusiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 220.) operculum hemis- 

 pherical, very blunt, shorter than the cup, which is obovate ; 

 peduncles rather angular, axillary, length of the petioles; 



flowers 4-5 in each head; leaves lanceolate, mucronate, un- 



Native of 



) 



New Holland, on the eastern coast. Very like the preceding 



than 



lanceolate 



cronate, shorter than the cup ; peduncles axillary and lateral, species, but differs in the flowers being larger, in the cup of the 



calyx being obovate, in the operculum being blunter, and in the 

 leaves being broader. The mucrones of the leaves are decidu- 

 ous as in the preceding species. 

 Blunt-leaved Eucalyptus. Tree. 



* * • • Operculum hemispherical, much broader than the cu- 

 pula. 



36 E. gomphoce'phala (D. C. prod. 3. p. 220.) operculum 

 hemispherical, obtuse, rather striated, much broader than the 

 cup, and a little longer ; peduncles 2-edged, length of the pe- 

 tioles, nearly terminal ; flowers 3-4 in each head or umbel ;J^^7^^ 

 lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous. 



Holland. Petals wanting. Stamens very numerous. Fruit an- 

 gularly compressed, rather turbinate, 4-celled. Petioles an inch 

 long, terete. Leaves glaucous, veinless, 5 inches long, and one 

 broad. 



1 -nerved, and somewhat many-nerved at the base. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. White, trav. p. 226. with a figure. 

 Rchb. gart. mag. t. 42. Petioles 8 lines long. Peduncles 

 4 lines long. Leaves 4-6 inches long, and an inch broad, shin* 

 ing on both surfaces. 



Far. /3, paucijbra (Sieb. pi. exsic, no. 470.) leaves longer; 

 umbels fewer-flowered. T; . G. Native of New Holland. 



Peppery Eucalyptus. Clt. 1788. Tree. 



SO E. pa'llens (D. C. prod. 3. p. 219.) lid of calyx hemis- 

 pherical, nearly awnless, shorter than the cupula ; peduncles 

 axillary, compressed, length of the petioles ; umbels 5-7-flow- 

 ered ; branches angular ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, rather 

 coriaceous, feather-nerved ; veins confluent in front of the mar- 



^ 



Native of New 



gins 



^ 



Holland. Sieb. pi. exsic. no. 



;-- 





60G. Petioles 5 lines long. Leaves 



lique at the base, and nearly an inch and a half broad, white on 

 both surfaces. 



PaleAea\ed Eucalyptus. Tree. 



(Lher. sert. angl. p. 18.) 



Club -flowered 



Tree. 



m ^m m 



Mature opercu 



is umbonatCy shorter than the cupula* 



37 E. GLOBULUS (Labill. voy. 1. p. 153. t. 13. nov. boll. 2- 



nherical, mucronate, shorter than the cupula; peduncles axil- p. 121.) operculum conical, when young length of the cup, wliicb 



jary and lateral, and are, as well as the branches, nearly terete, is tetragonal, but in the adult state it is depressed, and mucro- 



length of the petioles ; umbels 9-1 2-flowered ; leaves broad, Ian- nate in the centre ; peduncles axillary, short, 1 -flowered ; leaves 



ceolate, acuminated, very unequal at the base, feather-nerved. alternate, lanceolate, nearly falcate. Tj . G. Native of Van 



